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Penetrator protects against wireless 'brute force' attacks

Leading IT security firm SecPoint’s award-winning Penetrator now contains a new WPS vulnerability checker to stop one of this year's biggest threats to wireless network security in its tracks...

There is a major new security hole in popular router brands via their Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN, which was first exploited in attacks recorded on 27 December, last year.

A posting on the website of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team warns: 'A design flaw that exists in the WPS specification for the PIN authentication significantly reduces the time required to brute force the entire PIN because it allows an attacker to know when the first half of the 8 digit PIN is correct.'

US-CERT admits in its posting, which is being updated weekly since the first attacks were recorded: 'We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.'

"But the Portable Penetrator V12 makes it possible to perform a full WPS vulnerability check, eliminating the possibility of an intrusion," he adds.

WPS is enabled in most routers - including: Belkin, Buffalo, D-Link, Linksys and Netgear, among others - by default, handing hackers the ability to easily reveal their WPA or WPA2 codes, and achieve full access to the networks behind them. To compound matters, most wireless routers do not implement a lock out policy for brute force attempts, reducing the time required to perform a successful attack.

The SecPoint Penetrator software lite-version costs from €74.99 (US$104.99). It uses the same engine to operate as its sister products, the Cloud Penetrator and Portable Penetrator.

SecPoint has developed security solutions, each ahead of its competitors in their markets. Its preliminary focus is to offer top-notch, valuable and innovative IT Security solutions to business enterprises with maximum ease.

History

SecPoint first designed the Penetrator in 2003, the Protector UTM in 2005 and the Portable Penetrator in 2007. Since then, there has been continual development across all three variations with many firmware updates offering new and exciting features. It has been operating globally since 1999 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been delivering high-end security products to customers worldwide, via SecPoint partners across the globe.

SecPoint has 13 Years of continuous development on its Products. It is the most competitive company in the IT Security field with a wide range of products, including complete network protection, Firewalls, Application Controls, Pen-Testing and Securing websites, offering easy to use solutions for every IT security need.

Eliminating Complexity

Ensuring IT security for any organisation is a complex task and IT security firms often make this more complex by hiding the actual prices of various modules from customers to make more by from them by insisting they purchase additional features modules, firmware updates and support packages, etc. On many occasions, clients find themselves stuck in a situation where they can’t say ‘No’ because they are tied in to their initial investment in their IT security hardware.

Removing Complexity

With SecPoint’s ‘No Hidden Cost Policy’ customers get the convenience of obtaining the solution they need at no extra cost, whatsoever. Products come with many features but clients don’t need to pay separately for them. The concept is simple. Other companies always hide prices. They show businesses their lowest price, which ends up being the price for the appliance but with negligible features. With SecPoint, customers get every feature without any extra cost and no extra security modules as they already include everything within the product a customer purchases in the first place.

Development

SecPoint puts a lot of time and effort in continuous development and provides regular upgrades with solutions to the latest threats. It regularly launches firmware updates with new features and tools which is very important to ensure continuous protection, without any additional charges. It also keeps up with customers’ requested features and implements them as fast as possible. Check out their change logs for examples of their development speed:http://www.secpoint.com/latest-protector-firmware.htmlhttp://www.secpoint.com/latest-penetrator-firmware.html

The Penetrator and Portable Penetrator now comes with over 200+ new Improvement/Features and the Protector UTM now comes with over 150+ new Improvement/Features.

Support

SecPoint provides ‘Live Chat Support’ so if customers have any questions or issues about a unit, they can reach its experts from http://www.secpoint.com and receive immediate assistance from Technical Support Representatives. They are there to help 24/7 at zero additional cost, and can additionally provide remote help via TeamViewer and solve issues in Real-Time. Almost no other IT security company offers this service. Feedbacks about the help service can be seen, here: http://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.secpoint.com

Ease of Use

SecPoint products are highly customisable and offer unmatched ease of use and it comes to added advantages such as free Firmware updates, free Live Chat Support (seven days a week) which ensures minimum effort from the customer’s side and offers unmatched customisation and ease of use.

Offices

SecPoint has offices in Denmark, Netherlands, Greece and hundreds of Resellers and Authorized Distributors around the globe. It provides a dedicated company account manager to all partners so they receive personalised assistance regarding any doubts or questions, as well as training and sales material to ensure best returns for them. There is also an interactive web shop exclusively for partners, which allows the creation of free demo units for customers to evaluate, for free. Partners are also free to set their own prices.

Awards

SecPoint has received dozens of awards for its various IT security products from reputed institutions around the globe, including from Secus, SC Magazine, Hakin9 magazine, Network Security, InfoSecurity Test, DTL, PC World, ProtecSttar and many more.